[WikiEN-l] [Wikinews-l] Wikipedia's 'In the news'

[FT2]

Wikipedia and Wikinews have slightly different "takes" on a new matter.
Wikinews reports (as the media do) the current happenings of the day.
Wikipedia tends to produce a summary of the entire topic or issue, with
background and analysis (from reliable sources) rather than just "what just
happened today".

The two don't conflict, and the writer is probably correct on both points -
Wikinews suffers from people visiting the article rather than the news
entry, and also, Wikipedia articles gain higher profile in an area of
topical interest and this encourages readers to visit wikipedia too.

They shouldn't be in conflict. Users should be encouraged to visit Wikinews
for the actual news, and to stay on top of (and keep a finger on) events as
they happen, and encouraged to visit Wikipedia for a more in depth analysis
of the background, event, or issue as a whole (if an article exists).

What I'd like to see is perhaps put (news) (background) links for each item,
or (news) (analysis) maybe. Somehow it would be good to have Wikinews
getting recognition on Wikipedia's front page that the news is its province,
and yet not to disrupt the links of stories to Wikipedia articles.

Design suggestions? :)

FT2